Clovis, New Mexico

Clovis is the county seat of Curry County, New Mexico. It was founded in 1906 as a railway town called "Riley's Switch", but the station master's daughter renamed the town in honor of the Frankish king Clovis, whom she was studying at the time. The settlement built up quickly and was incorporated in 1909. In 2016, Clovis had a population of 39,373 people.